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One of the very first short stories I wrote features an MC who does not reveal their gender. 

Name is Max, and I avoided pronouns in the entire story. Most people don't even notice. 

("Sequoia" - a short story, published in 2013)

Writing that wasn't easy, but Max consistently refused to tell me their gender. Might be my first genderfluid character.

Max is also very likable, even if I say so. 
 @2433bcdf @6e9427cf @ebd90c48 I know, there are those who just don't want to tell! And some you find out that the concept doesn't even exist. Like for my Blunkarians. Which leads to me misgendering them every once in a while because my nurse Oounda seems so typically female... only that they aren't! I am a bad author!😂